NotOpie
"Puck don't lie"
I'm not saying we shouldn't be excited by how Zykov looked as that line. He looked very good last night and he played as advertised and it's definitely encouraging. I'm simply saying pump the brakes a bit on "This is what could have been" based on 1 very sloppy game, against one of the worst teams in the league, coming off a back to back, with their back-up goalie who has struggled as of late.
All very true, but I also think the sentiment of, "Hmmm.....wonder what might have been had we tried this guy for a quick 4 or 5 game stint earlier". I agree with all of your caveats, but to not even try either speaks to Vellucci knowing some deficit we remain unaware of or some other secret grand plan. All season long we've been scoring starved. Given that Zykov has played both LW and RW in his career, it's not like we couldn't have sat PDG, Stempniak, et al for a game or three.
That said, having both Aho and Lindy at center probably did have a larger impact than we're giving credit for.